The Creation of World Poverty

Hayter, Teresa
Publisher:  Pluto Press, london, United Kingdom
Year First Published:  {12094 The Creation of World Poverty CREATION OF WORLD POVERTY Hayter, Teresa Pluto Press london United Kingdom Hayter challenges the assumption that the West is 'helping' the rest of the world to develop. Far from rescuing the countries of Asia, Africa and Latin America from their supposed backwardness, the rich countries have accumulated vast wealth at their expense. 1981 1983 128pp BC12094-TheCreationOfWP.jpg B Book 330.16 - <br> <br> <br>Table of Contents <br> <br>Foreword <br>Introduction <br>Survival <br>Extremes of Poverty and Wealth <br>Conventional Explanations for Poverty <br>This Past is Not Irrelevant <br>The Europeans Get Ahead <br>Plunder and Loot <br>Plantations, Works and Slaves <br>Profits <br>Markets and the Destruction of Industries <br>Free Trade and Comparative Advantage <br>Hunger <br>Workers and Wages <br>Terms of Trade <br>Exports of Capital <br>Aid <br>Industrialisation <br>Repression and Foreign Support For It <br>Resistance <br>Socialism or Barbarism <br>Bibliography CX6234 1 false true false CX6234.htm [0xc00028e390 0xc000495710 0xc0002a3cb0 0xc00058eb10 0xc00058fad0 0xc0005a0db0 0xc0005b04b0 0xc000175380 0xc00046a600 0xc0005afdd0 0xc0005c9110 0xc000827860 0xc000cb05d0 0xc000cb1b30 0xc000ed2f90 0xc000f25c80 0xc0011527e0 0xc000f88390 0xc0006fade0 0xc001e53500 0xc001e53e90 0xc001e72ba0 0xc001ee3200 0xc002c3cb40] Cx}
Year Published:  1983
Pages:  128pp     Dewey:  330.16
Resource Type:  Book
Cx Number:  CX6234

Hayter challenges the assumption that the West is 'helping' the rest of the world to develop. Far from rescuing the countries of Asia, Africa and Latin America from their supposed backwardness, the rich countries have accumulated vast wealth at their expense.

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Table of Contents

Foreword
Introduction
Survival
Extremes of Poverty and Wealth
Conventional Explanations for Poverty
This Past is Not Irrelevant
The Europeans Get Ahead
Plunder and Loot
Plantations, Works and Slaves
Profits
Markets and the Destruction of Industries
Free Trade and Comparative Advantage
Hunger
Workers and Wages
Terms of Trade
Exports of Capital
Aid
Industrialisation
Repression and Foreign Support For It
Resistance
Socialism or Barbarism
Bibliography

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